Ipswitch Announces the Release of Instant Messaging v2.1

June 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The new release of Ipswitch Instant Messaging v2.1 on June 15, 2011 adds great features and functionality to your existing product. In this release you will find the following major features:

  • Warning added when a new conversation is initiated with multiple recipients.
  • Capability to start a new conversation with same recipient of an open conversation can now occur.
  • Conversation bar will display a count of all recipients in the conversation. Hovering over the count will display all recipients in the conversation.

In addition to these new features, Ipswitch Instant Messaging is now licensed as an unlimited user site license. Secondary licenses can be purchased at minimal cost.

For a descriptive list of new features and improvements for Ipswitch Instant Messaging v2.1 please read the full release notes.

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Ipswitch Announces Release of IMail Secure Server

June 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

IMail Secure Server was released on June 15, 2011. IMail Secure Server removes the sometimes unnecessary features of collaboration and instant messaging so that it can focus solely on email security. IMail Secure Server has fully integrated anti-spam, anti-virus and Zero Hour protection. In addition, IMail Secure Server can also be used as an email gateway product for added protection for your primary mail server.

Want to learn more about IMail Secure Server? Jump over to our product page to get all the details.

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When was the last time a user logged in?

June 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

In the life of an administrator, especially for those managing a large number of users, we struggle with user managment. Users are added and removed frequently and depending on the size of your organization the list of accounts adds up overtime. This often results in in a large number of users who are part of the system but their accounts are never used. As an admin we do our best to make sure that these accounts have been removed or disabled, but sometimes a few do get overlooked. To help with this problem we’ve released a new utility that allows you to view the last time users logged in to their IMail Server account.

Last Login Reporter UI

Last Login Reporter UI

The Last Login Reporter allows you to display a list of users who have not logged in during a specified period of time. You can view a list for all users on the server or filter by a particular domain. You can exclude system, domain, and list administrators from the results as well. Once the results have been returned you can then save the results or delete the accounts from within the utility.

To download the Last Login Reporter, along with many other utilities, jump over to the IMail Admin Utilities Pack.

Filed Under: Features, Tips and Tricks, Utilities

Customer Feedback

May 31, 2011 By 3 Comments

Our primary goal is make software that truly meets our customer’s needs. Therefore, one of our primary objectives is to connect with our customers to find out what they actually think about our product. To help us meet that objective we regularly send customer surveys, make and receive phone calls to customers, read our forums, and even conduct site visits.

Earlier today we rolled out a pilot program that is integrated with our website. This new program will allow you to send us and vote on feature requests for IMail Server.

For the next couple of weeks we will be running an evaluation of a program called User Voice. You should notice a vertical green bar that appears on various pages of our website. If you have ideas about IMail Server, feature requests, things you would like to see implemented…then that green bar is there for you. Click it, complete the simple form (or choose an available topic) and know that your comments and suggestions will be reviewed by our entire management team. The fact remains…we want to hear from you. So, click the green bar now and give us your suggestions!

Filed Under: Customer Focus

Password Managment, Part 2 – Password Audit

May 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

After you configured your domain password complexity rules, as discussed in Part 1 you will then want to audit your domain(s) to determine which users do not meet the requirements you’ve put in place using the new Password Strength Checker available in the IMail Admin Utilities Pack.

PSC Results

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The Password Strength Checker will scan each password for the users on the system and then return a “Pass” or “Fail” result to let you know whether or not the particular user meets the requirements you’ve put in place. You can select whether to run the utility for all domains on the IMail Server or just for a specified domain. The report results can then be saved as a .txt or .csv file.

v11.5 Web Mail - Change Password Dialog

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Note: Once you’ve configured your password complexity rules, web mail users who do not meet the requirements will be automatically redirected to a page that requires them to change their password before continuing.

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Password Managment, Part 1 – Password Complexity

May 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
One of the most common reasons for a mail server to be hijacked is due to weak passwords on user accounts.  Unfortunately some users like to make their passwords very easy and simple to remember and this sometimes makes that password very easy to hack.  Over the last several versions of IMail we’ve made adjustments to accounts in order to help administrators get a better control over what passwords can be used by end-users.  In this post we’re going to discuss how to enforce password complexity requirements and how to audit your users to ensure they are not using weak passwords. [Read more...]
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Ipswitch Announces Release of IMail Server v11.5

March 30, 2011 By 2 Comments

The new release of IMail Server v11.5 on March 30, 2011 adds significant features and functionality to our existing product matrix. In this release you will find the following major features:

  • New Offering: IMail Anti-Virus powered by Commtouch
  • New Offering: External Address Verification (Unlimited licenses only)
  • New Realtime Whitelists
  • New Mailbox Size Report available in Web Administration
  • New Performance Counters
  • New Account Harvesting Prevention on POP3 and IMAP
  • New Web Client Password Strength Validation
  • Updated Daily Report Email
  • Updated SSL Configuration Utility
  • Updated Ipswitch Instant Messenger Client
  • Updated Commtouch Anti-spam Engine (Premium customers only)
  • IMail Anti-Virus Powered by Commtouch. Anti-virus protection that leverages a multi-layered platform including heuristics, emulation, and signatures to provide maximum protection for your network. IMail Anti-virus powered by Commtouch® fully integrates with your IMail Server and can even run alongside your existing IMail anti-virus to provide your business an extra layer of protection. This new offering can be evaluated for free after you upgrade to IMail Server v11.5.

External Address Verification. IMail customers with an Unlimited User License now have the option to add External Address Verification (EAV), allowing IMail to be used as a gateway for an internal server. With the addition of EAV, mail recipients can be verified via LDAP or Active Directory as valid users on the internal server before the message is accepted.

New Realtime Whitelists. Realtime whitelists are databases that store IP address and domain names of trusted sources. Messages that are matched to a Realtime Whitelist will be considered as trusted and will bypass further validation checks as set by the system administrator. For more information on Realtime Whitelists visit www.dnswl.org.

New Mailbox Size Report. This new reporting feature allows administrators to view the total mailbox size of each user on a domain.

New Performance Counters. IMail now has new IMail Performance Objects used by “Perfmon” to report daily spam and viruses caught as well as open SMTP sessions.

New Account Harvesting Prevention on POP3 and IMAP. This tool allows administrators to prevent malicious attempts by a client from continually trying to log in and gain access to usernames and passwords.

New Web Client Password Strength Validation. This new validity check on the web client now enforces the password strength requirements set by the administrator. Users who do not meet the password strength requirements will be prompted to change their password upon login.

Updated Daily Report Email: The daily report email now includes information on licensing and spam and viruses tagged by Commtouch’s Anti-spam and Anti-virus offerings.

Updated SSL Configuration Utility. The private key size for a SSL Certificate is now configurable, allowing the administrator to assign the default certificate a higher security level.

Updated Ipswitch Instant Messenger Client. Fixes and enhancements are as follows:

  • Warning added when a new conversation is initiated with multiple recipients
  • Capability to start new conversations with the same recipient in multiple conversation windows
  • Conversation bar now displays a count of all recipients
  • Fixed crash when attempting to attach/save a file to an IIM conversation in Windows 7

Updated Commtouch Anti-Spam Engine (Premium customers only). The new Commtouch Anti-spam engine introduces advanced detection logic and boasts improved performance.

For a descriptive list of new features and improvements for IMail Server v11.5 please read the full release notes.

Filed Under: Product Release
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